Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Forest Gate - PV grid connection
Forest Gate - PV grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40.3 MW of capacity, held by New Powerco Inc Trading AS Eden Renewables.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | FOREST GATE - PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connection site: MELKSHAM GSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (ACCEPTED TO CONNECT) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | New Powerco Inc Trading AS Eden Renewables | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (method: name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, distance km: 0.2) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Melksham GSP (via: gsp) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40.3 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 9 Jun 2022 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 29 Oct 2027 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4429, -2.0768 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Forest Gate - PV grid connection is the 739th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,136th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40.3 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 739th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,136th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,288th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 405 power plants (159 operating, 1,924 MW), 105 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Cocklebury Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Chippenham BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Parsonage Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.6 MW | Permitted | 3.7 km |
| Rowden Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 50 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
Other grid connections in England
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- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.